Trappist

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A member of the main branch of Cistercian monks, characterized by austerity and a vow of silence, established in 1664 at La Trappe Monastery in northwest France.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A monk of the order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (a branch of the Cistercians Roman Catholic religious brotherhood that use a particularly strict interpretation of the Rule of St Benedict).

adj. Of or relating to this monastic order.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Rancé in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. They were introduced permanently into the United States in 1848, and have monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A member of a monastic body, a branch of the Cistercian order.

n. In ornithology, a South American puff-bird or fissirostral barbet of the genus Monasa (or Monacha). Also called nun-bird. Both are book-names, given from the somber plumage, which also suggested Monasa. See cut under nun-bird.

n. member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence

Etymologies

From French trappiste, from La Trappe, the name of the place where the order's founder was from. (Wiktionary)

Examples

The abbey belongs to the Austro-Hungarian Congregation Communis observantiœ in which the observance, both as regards spirit and tradition, is allied far more closely to that of the Black Monks of St. Benedict, than to the reform of Abbot de Rancé, commonly known as the Trappist